Axcelis Technologies Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

We currently do not have sufficient information about the CEO.

Key information

Russell Low

Chief executive officer

US$4.1m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	12.8%
CEO tenure	less than a year
CEO ownership	0.08%
Management average tenure	less than a year
Board average tenure	4.8yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Russell Low's remuneration changed compared to Axcelis Technologies's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	US$250m
Dec 31 2023	US$4m	US$530k	US$246m
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$232m
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$207m
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$189m
Dec 31 2022	US$1m	US$373k	US$183m
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$162m
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$149m
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$124m
Dec 31 2021	US$1m	US$360k	US$99m
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$78m
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$61m
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$55m
Dec 31 2020	US$1m	US$343k	US$50m
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$45m
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$35m
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	US$22m
Dec 31 2019	US$779k	US$319k	US$17m
Sep 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$16m
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$24m
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	US$38m
Dec 31 2018	US$884k	US$325k	US$46m
Sep 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$129m
Jun 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$132m
Mar 31 2018	n/a	n/a	US$131m
Dec 31 2017	US$915k	US$300k	US$127m

Compensation vs Market: Russell's total compensation ($USD4.14M) is above average for companies of similar size in the MX market ($USD1.51M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Russell's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.

CEO

Russell Low (52 yo)

less than a year

Tenure

US$4,135,438

Compensation

Dr. Russell J. Low, PhD, had been an Executive Vice President of Global Customer & Engineering Operations at Axcelis Technologies Inc. since January 1, 2021 until May 11, 2023 and serves as its Chief Execu...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Mary Puma	Executive Chairperson	24.3yrs	US$2.96m	0.67% $ 375.7m
Russell Low	CEO, President & Director	less than a year	US$4.14m	0.080% $ 44.7m
James Coogan	Executive VP & CFO	less than a year	US$1.83m	0.00031% $ 174.2k
Lynnette Fallon	Executive VP of Human Resources & Legal	23.1yrs	US$1.33m	0.046% $ 25.6m
Gregory Redinbo	Executive Vice President of Marketing & Applications	1.7yrs	US$1.14m	0.013% $ 7.4m
Kevin Brewer	Senior Advisor	less than a year	US$1.16m	0.018% $ 10.3m
Gerald Blumenstock	Executive Vice President of Engineering	less than a year	US$1.35m	no data
Robert Mahoney	Senior Vice President of Global Operations	10.3yrs	no data	no data
Douglas Lawson	Executive Vice President of Corporate Marketing & Strategy	10.5yrs	US$1.25m	0.020% $ 11.0m
Christopher Tatnall	Executive Vice President of Global Customer Operations	less than a year	no data	0.0046% $ 2.6m

1.0yrs

Average Tenure

58yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: ACLS *'s management team is not considered experienced ( 1 years average tenure), which suggests a new team.

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Mary Puma	Executive Chairperson	24.3yrs	US$2.96m	0.67% $ 375.7m
Russell Low	CEO, President & Director	less than a year	US$4.14m	0.080% $ 44.7m
John Kurtzweil	Independent Director	9yrs	US$256.58k	0.096% $ 54.1m
Thomas Dennis	Independent Director	9yrs	US$239.08k	0.033% $ 18.3m
Joseph Keithley	Independent Director	12.8yrs	US$244.08k	0.0057% $ 3.2m
Gregory Graves	Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Necip Sayiner	Director	less than a year	no data	no data
Tzu-Yin Chiu	Independent Director	6yrs	US$234.08k	0.012% $ 6.7m
Jorge Titinger	Lead Independent Director	4.8yrs	US$268.31k	0.028% $ 15.6m
Dipti Vachani	Independent Director	2.3yrs	US$236.58k	0.015% $ 8.6m
Jeanne Quirk	Independent Director	2.3yrs	US$239.08k	0.012% $ 7.0m

4.8yrs

Average Tenure

62yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: ACLS *'s board of directors are considered experienced (4.8 years average tenure).

Axcelis Technologies Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Key information

Recent management updates

High number of new directors

Axcelis Technologies, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 09, 2024

High number of new directors

CEO, President & Director recently bought Mex$832k worth of stock

High number of new directors

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Announces Board and Committee Appointments

Recent updates

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$1.58 (vs US$1.46 in 1Q 2023)

High number of new directors

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on May 01, 2024

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Announces Shipment of 'Purion EXE SiC Power Series' Implanter and Successful 'Purion H200 SiC Power Series' Eval Closure At Leading Power Device Manufacturers in Japan

Axcelis Technologies, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 09, 2024

High number of new directors

CEO, President & Director recently bought Mex$832k worth of stock

High number of new directors

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Announces Board and Committee Appointments

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Provides Earning Guidance for First Quarter Ending March 31, 2024

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. to Report Fiscal Year 2023 Results on Feb 07, 2024

Independent Director recently sold Mex$1.2m worth of stock

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 23%

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$2.01 (vs US$1.22 in 3Q 2022)

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year Ending December 31, 2023

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Nov 01, 2023

Axcelis Technologies Announces CFO Changes

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Announces Management Changes

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Appoints Roland Hsu as Country Manager of Taiwan

Insider recently sold Mex$1.1m worth of stock

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Provides Earning Guidance for the Third Quarter Ending September 30, 2023 and Full Year Ending December 31, 2023

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$1.88 (vs US$1.34 in 2Q 2022)

Executive Chairperson recently sold Mex$65m worth of stock

Independent Director recently sold Mex$2.9m worth of stock

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 26%

Executive Chairperson recently sold Mex$53m worth of stock

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Announces President Changes

Independent Director recently sold Mex$21m worth of stock

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter Ending June 30, 2023 and Full Year Ending December 31, 2023

CEO, President & Director recently sold Mex$58m worth of stock

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$5.54 (vs US$2.94 in FY 2021)

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Announces Follow-On Shipments of Purion H High Current Implanters to Advanced Logic Semiconductor Fabs

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Feb 06, 2023

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Announces it Will Showcase its Purion™ and GSD Ovation™ Series of ion Implanters at the SEMICON Japan 2022 Exhibition

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$1.22 (vs US$0.82 in 3Q 2021)

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year Ending December 31, 2022

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Nov 02, 2022

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Independent Director recently sold Mex$3.2m worth of stock

Insider recently sold Mex$6.9m worth of stock

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$1.34 (vs US$0.56 in 2Q 2021)

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Third Quarter and Full Year of 2022

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Updates Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter of 2022

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter of 2022

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Announces Resignation of Arthur L. George, Jr. as Director

First quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$1.25 (vs US$0.49 in 1Q 2021)

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter Ending June 30, 2022 and Provides Revenue Guidance for the Full Year of 2022

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. to Report Q1, 2022 Results on May 04, 2022

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Axcelis Technologies, Inc., Annual General Meeting, May 10, 2022

CEO, President & Director recently sold Mex$16m worth of stock

Insider recently sold Mex$11m worth of stock

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ACLS) announces an Equity Buyback for $100 million worth of its shares.

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Announces Board Appointment

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Announces Board Appointments

Independent Director recently sold Mex$4.5m worth of stock

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS in line with analyst expectations despite revenue beat

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. Provides Earning Guidance for First Quarter Ending March 31, 2022

Insufficient new directors

Independent Director recently sold Mex$4.3m worth of stock

Independent Director recently sold Mex$4.7m worth of stock

Insufficient new directors

CEO Compensation Analysis

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